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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RikuXan:
[Q] Bricked? - Replacing files using Odin / update.zip / whatever

Hi,

I recently upgraded my phone to Froyo and tried to modify the framework.zip and twframework.zip, backupped them before edited, pushed to the device, didn't boot anymore. So I thought, no problem, I'm gonna restore the files from my backup. But somehow, if i try to push my backupfiles to the phone and replace the old ones, it doesnt work. I opened to shells and set one to adb shell and checked the filesizes with ls -l to see if something changes, but they just stay the same. The strange thing is, the chmod is set to 777 and there is no permission denied error for the adb push. So as it doesn't seem to work, I would ask if there is a possibility to replace files using Odin or an update.zip or something else I haven't thought of.

Regards, RikuXan
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
if your doing it from recovery than you might need to mount sdcard, and probably su. update zip can be used and you can just reflash (or restore backup of nandroid if you have).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RikuXan:
su is somehow not possible as I get permission denied though it is rooted. mount is also not possible due to missing su, but /system is mounted as rw, i looked it up with mount. I sadly don't have a nandroid backup, as I didn't consider it necessary for the editing of two files... :/

Best regards, RikuXan
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
Flash Sztupy's kernel (universal lagfix kernel) using odin. It comes with custom CWM , apply root (from CWM) and then you will be able to connect via adb (in root mode, in CWM) and mount(mounts and storage menu in guess where :D - CWM) rw what you want. After recovery you can flash your kernel back (if you would like to, but I recommend sztupy's work)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RikuXan:
Good idea, just one question in preparation: How can I back up my current kernel to be able to flash it back afterwards? I already tried his kernel, but I wanna compare it to the stock experience for now.

wbr RikuXan
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xan:
hm, not sure about backup at this state, but you can always find it in firmware package you flashed (with odin?) and just repack it.(just extract zImage from .tar and tar cvf it, or you could try searching around for it and find it already repacked here) Third way is to get fw from eg. samfirmware.com and repack it. If you wont be able to repack/find it I'm sure som 1 will do it for ya if you put a request here. (I could, but i'm off to sleep, could do it in like 20 hours)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
You have root correct ?

If so go in recovery and try

dd if=/dev/block/bml7 of=/sdcard/zImagebackup.img
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _-AUSSIE-_:
Possibly bricked it :S

So I went for another update as many times before. selected odin to not reboot when finished. When odin was finished with the task I removed the battery when soon after that I reinserted the battery and my I9000 doesn't seem to give any form of live any more. It doesn't turn on at all.

anybody had anything like this or any ideas for what I could try to get it back up and running again?..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
Not selecting reboot in odin should not make a difference. Are you sure the battery is charged sufficiently and did you press the power button long enough?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kazuni:
Try to remove the battery, and reinsert it. After that, hold power+volume down+middle button to boot into download mode if possible. After that, use Odin to flash if you got into download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _-AUSSIE-_:
removed battery again, held the power button for 10 secs and pressed it 10 times to drain the remaining power in the phone. after that reinserted battery tryed normal power on, power on into download mode...it doesn't seem to do anything. I don't understand. it should atleast need to give some sign of life shouldn't it?...

p.s. was only updating the pit file
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] st3chn0:
If u updated the pit it should still I've done that many times... Did you do re partition when updating the pit?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _-AUSSIE-_:
yup repart indeed 512
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Wow, you go on **** up your phone on purpose. Ofcourse it doesn't boot, you just formatted it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _-AUSSIE-_:
oh F#@$@(#@$* ... now you say it that sounds kind of logic...uh so double dead :S try sending it for warranty?: )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igniztion:
AFAIK: If you selected a pit file, checked re-partition and no modem/pda/csc file then you formatted and repartitioned your device without flashing anything on it afterwards. Then you took out the battery and at this point the phone has no firmware at all to boot into.

Does the pit files really also format the PBL and SBL?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racerboy3801:
Charge the phone for some hours then try download mode again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enlightener:
try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _-AUSSIE-_:
tnx all! I've been looking around and trying all kinds of things, sending it to the repair center...maybe there nice:) otherwise... going to have to see if I can get a nice new one!:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qazz~:
wait, why would flashing the .pit file formatt his phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Not really format - I used the easiest to understand termin. It basically deletes and recreates all phone partitions (system, data dbdata and so on).

It should not touch your bootloader, so no idea why he cant get to download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoubidou:
same pb

i had a similar problem. a galaxy s black nothing anymore.

what i did, i removed the battery and sim.

i let it sit there for at least 15 minutes, just to make sure all the power is gone away.

reenter the batter and start in download mode as usual. and it should work.

it is obviously impossible to brick a galaxy s, except if you did also update the boot loader, which you shoutd never do.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qazz~:
lol? Then whats with your initial harsh comment?

The way you put it, you sounded like his phone truly is bricked
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
He indeed "formated" it, and obviously it wouldn't boot. Just as formated pc wouldn't boot. So I was right.

And it wasn't rude. I was just suprised that someone would do such a thing as "update pit", as pretty much every guide tells you not to touch it, except in very specific situations.

EDIT. His phone might not able to enter download mode if he used pits from tab, not galaxy s. But thats just a guess.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vertaxx2:
Q&A i9000 Brick after Bootloader 3-Button-Fix

Hello Community,

i have an T-Mobile branded i9000 with out the 3-Button-Combo.

So i had fixed the 3-Button-Combo, but after i flashed to the JM1 over Kies the original Bootloader was restored.

So ok i had the JM1 but no 3-Button-Fix, i would wait for froyo to fix the 3-Button-Combo again and to flash the new firmware.

Ok an now my Problem beginns......

I have tried the 3-Button-Fix such as the first time over Odin. Odin messaged me also pass and i think all was well. But my i9000 is totally crashed.

When i push the Power Button the Phone is still black and will not going on or boot.

What can i do now ?

I have tried to take out the battery for 30min but it doesnt help and

the 3-Button-Mode is also Disabled.

How great are my chance to get into the download mode with the 301k-resistor-trick? Or is to send in the only solution for my Problem?

Sorry for my bad englisch, but i hope anyone can give me a tip.

Greetz Vertax
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Your chances are very good, try it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _-AUSSIE-_:
it was the actual 512 pit, but I left te battery out for over an hour I tryed all combinations. apparently the galaxy isn't able to turn on at all. most of the time the backlight would lite up or it would vibrate for a split seconde. it dit absolutely nothing nada.

so stupid me. I only scanned thru the manual...instead of reading everything but then again if I would have been thinking straigt. I know what repartitioning does, so actually really stupid, but well I'll see what they say @ the repaircentre...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chibixzero:
everything is fix Nevermind. I didnt have usb plug in I feel so stupid.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ventvent:
[Q] Bricked my Galaxy S and Odin won't recover!

Hey everybody, i registered because i'm having a problem with my galaxy S. I tried to update to 2.2 using KIES and then due to a pc overload my phone now stopped working. Luckily i have 3 button combination to enter recovery/download mode..

Now, I've tried to flash my phone to both android 2.1 and 2.2 using Odin 3. Only when i follow every tutorial on the internet and I press "start" nothing happens.. Odin definitely recognizes my phone so the drivers are OK. I've retried numerous times but still nothing.. I got all the right files from samfirmware.com so I believe the files should work. I have definitly put the MODEM/CSC/PDA files in all the right places and i've checked the "repartition" box. I'm using .pit file 20100512. By the way I was running android 2.1 and i have the european version.

edit: I forgot to mention but when i boot my phone regularly the picture of a phone, an exclamation mark and a computer shows up. Which pretty much means you're ****ed I believe.

Any help? Would be very much appreciated!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pramathesh:
You sure you're doing this correctly?? It's downright impossible, if you ask me, to brick the SGS. Does ODIN show pass when everything's done??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shreeindia:
Have you activated the setting on the phone for usb debugging I think that you have not done that hence the problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stripeh:
Phone repaired! I was using a Blackberry branded cable, switched to a Samsung one and it works! This is fking rediculous IMO, the whole point of changing USB standards was to restore the U into USB, not to make them share voltage, but still not be compatible...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nwsk:
Did you check if you're using the right pit file? Different firmwares work with different pit files I think.

Is kies running in the background? I've heard issues with odin not working if kies is running somewhere.. (check your task bar/windows task manager)

Try reboot your pc if that still doesn't work, run odin, phone to dl mode, plug it in
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ventvent:
Allright I might have to find another pit file matching my firmware, will look into that. I off course can't turn my phone to USB debugging because it won't boot into any android version right now. KIES is never running after it failed my update and bricked my phone. Tried rebooting also but I will keep trying.. tnx guys!

edit; odin doesn't show pass because odin won't even start to do anything. Gets stuk on "file analysis"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ventvent:
OK does anyone have software to recommend for this situation? I've tried firmware 2.1 and 2.2 with matching .pit files but odin won't work for me. Tried version 1.3 and Odin 3. If ANYONE has firmware for when you bricked your phone and you are currently running NO android OS, please let me know!

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jersr:
Have you tried heimdal?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fornowagain:
Grab the JM8 firmware > http://www.multiupload.com/FCYKST8QBO

Password = samfirmware.com

And Odin 1.7 & PIT 512 > Odin1.7_512PIT.zip

Extract them all somewhere..

Remove the sim and external SD, make sure battery is charged and ensure sure Kies is not running or tries to start.

Enter Recovery mode, clear cache, factory reset and format SD.

Reboot into Download again without the phone usb connected. Connect usb, in Odin you should see a yellow window under ID:COM with a COM port open, click start. Open Odin 1.7 select 512 PIT and JP8 files, tick repartition and reboot only. Hit start, if all goes well a green bar will move across until the phone reboots.

Leave it to do its thing at the big S (I usually unplug USB by now, to avoid problems) wait upto 10mins first time. If it hangs try a reset and cache clear and reformat SD.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android.francis:
my 2 cents: if you want ROOT, go flash (do not tick repartition) hardcore's Speedmod K9A (in ODIN>PDA) Kernel in Android Development.

You get 341 RAM + CWM that will give you root access.

You'll get more RAM, fixes any possible data corruption (K version) and Root access. 3 birds with one flash :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassiedt:
This just worked for me.

I got into a bootloop and ran out of battery, in a way it wouldnt even connect to a charger/computer.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bader1980jo:
full bricked galaxy

hi there

did any one manged to repair a fully bricked galaxy by any way???

i tried to search through the other threads but they were talking about semi bricked galaxies,

so if any one managed to find a working way to recover the fully bricked galaxy please help me :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nwsk:
Search for the hairdryer, or the test jig method. They supposedly work on phones that don't have 3button dl
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadpool2727:
test jig works

I did the test jig yesterday to unbrick my phone (I have corruption issues with my i9000m) and worked extremely well. I didn't even soldier the points from the usb to the resisters, i just held them in place for 5 or 10 seconds. I recommend you try it first. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bader1980jo:
i tried the hair dryer and it didnt work, also i tried the jig but also it didnt work

it seems that many people who have full bricked phone tried the jig but didnt work also
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ompalompa287:
[Q] i9000 (Captivate) Bricked, Nothing works, please help.

PLEASE HELP ME!

I was trying to flash back to stock but odin3 just sits at factoryfs.rfs

Read a different thread which said that you should unplug and replug into a different USB port. Tried that however got an immediate black screen.

The phone doesnt show the battery symbol when plugged into a charger.

If i can get into download mode I think I can flash stock with Odin3 because I changed the programs privileges to admin and turned compatibility mode on with WinXP SP2

Essentially NOTHING comes up on the screen, regular boot up is out of the question and I cant even get into download or recovery mode. 100% dead regardless of what i do.

I've tried the 3 button download mode trick. I held Volume down / up / POWER before plugging in the USB and Battery....I've tried everything and nothing is getting this thing out of a complete brick.

I've also read that you can make a wire and solder pins 4 and 5 of the micro wire with a 301K ohm resistor in between to simulate the 3 button trick...But im skeptical it'll work at all. (Going to try it soon anyways).

My question is.. What else can I try to get this to Download mode??

PLEASE HELP.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mediumsteak:
repartition checked in ODIN = full brick??

hi guys

i flashed my bell galaxy s vibrant with ODIN while "repartition was unchecked", and i ended up with a soft brick.

after doing some research online, i flashed again with "repartition" checked;

this ended up in a full brick.

now my phone doesn't start up at all, no download mode, no recovery mode, whatsoever.

i will try the hairdryer method when i get home, however i'm not too sure how to do the JIG method.

anyone else experience this?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ompalompa287:
anyone ? any information is appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
in this warning http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=810685

it shows you a way to fix it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umerr:
Hairdryer is not a proper method .

Jig method is perfect and 100% working. i have tested myself on three Galaxy S i9000. Absolutely no problem.

Value of resistance should be very close to 301k.

mine was 299k tested on DMM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Westwood94:
Urgent Help - Galaxy S Bricked!

Okay, ladies and gentlemen, we have a situation here. It seems that Mr Westwood here has decided to accidentally/on purpose install a rom (Axura 2.5) designed for a Samsung Vibrant on his Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000. Naturally, with everything designed for a completely different phone, my Galaxy appears to be bricked, or as i like to call it, f*cked. I cant get past the bootscreen where it starts off grey and fuzzy, and then changes into a Samsung Vibrant boot image.

So, my question is, can i recover my lovely Galaxy or am i going to have to drop it down the toilet and pretend to Virgin that it doesnt work.

N.B. I have tried to access recovery by pressing, power-volumeup-home but it stalls at the boot screen of 'samsiung vibrant' This has happeend to me before and i have been able to revive my phone by pressing volumedown-power-home, but that doesnt work and last time that was with a rom actually designed for the phone. So what to do? Suggestions will be mucho thanko.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Celetial:
[Q] bricked galaxy s

Hello, everyone

I guess i've just bricked my brand new galaxy s i9000

So i've tried to change the battery icon on the phone by using the "sgs tools" or something like that that i found on the android market

anyway,now when i try to boot the phone it freeze and i can only see the white logo "GALAXY S GT-I9000 SAMSUNG"

h t t p:/ /farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/5160852668_246781cec8.jpg

i've tried the wipe data factory reset and the wipe cache partiton but the phone still dont wanna boot

i have access to the download and recovery mode

please, help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Celetial:
Bricked GALAXY I900

Hello, everyone

I guess i've just bricked my brand new galaxy s i9000

So i've tried to change the battery icon on the phone by using the "sgs tools" or something like that that i found on the android market

anyway,now when i try to boot the phone it freeze and i can only see the white logo "GALAXY S GT-I9000 SAMSUNG"

h t t p:/ /farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/5160852668_246781cec8.jpg

i've tried the wipe data factory reset and the wipe cache partiton but the phone still dont wanna boot

i have access to the download and recovery mode

please, help me

ps:sorry if i posted my topic in the wrong place
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronalgps:
flash again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tingen:
Sorry, but why don't you read before you doing mods to your phone?

Anyway, you have messed your framework.res file. Can you go into download mode. If you can you're lucky guy. Then you must use odin to flash a new firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Celetial:
phew, your answers helped me a lot, do you maybe have a link to download a nice firmware?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muffel2k:
You need:

Odin

512 Pit File

803 Pit File

I9000XWJM8

I9000XWJPA

Manual for Odin

(all links are from samfirmware.co m; recommend to visit / bookmark that site)

First use Odin to flash "I9000XWJM8" with "Re-Partition" using 512 pit file. After reboot flash "I9000XWJPA" without "Re-Pertition" using 803 pit file. Now you have a nice start for a lagfix or a custom mod like "Doc BUJP8 v9" or "Hamster's V3"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mloc33:
[Q] My brain is bricked....

I`ve had my Galaxy S i9000 and I`ve search and search and tried to understand the how to`s and do`s and dont`s of flashing a custom ROM.

The thing is this phone is to expensive in case I do something wrong, what I`m asking is what is the easiest and safest way to try out some ROM`s, here`s a screenshot of some of my settings, I hope this is enough for the ROM`s that will work on my phone, again this question has probable been asked a million times, but there is just to many forums and post and different users opinions on this and that.

All I need is a step by step how to and ROM`s that will work on my phone, also if I mess up how to revert to my previous settings.

Thanks for any help or advice,

Colm
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leoon:
Go to the dev section and to DOC'S ROM, and read the how-to
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThomasP.:
Exactly the same for me. Phone crashed when using SGS Tools (Change battery symbol). Now starting screen freezes.

Is there a possibility to fix this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reza WM:
[Help] Bricked my galaxy s-fixed

i have one galaxy s,when i flashing custom rom my pc is turned off

and my device is bricked in this splash in attachment

any one can help me plz!?

http://upload.ir-tci.org/files/39/IMG_0024.JPG
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mloc33:
Jaysus I dont know what I`m looking for, what specs on my phone should I be matching with the ROM I want?

I`m rooted using Ryans OCLF, thats all I`ve done, should I be starting from an unrooted phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loinenavant:
:)) I can't believe it!!! It worked!

My I9000 was bricked with a Phone <-----> PC icon and a warning sign on the screen. I've heated the phone a little with the battery out and tried the 3 button combo. It worked!

This is hilarious :)) I wonder if they do the same thing at the repair service center :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
No download mode? You have to make a homemade factory jig. Search for it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pramathesh:
I know this screen!! :D BSOD (Black Screen Of Death) fortunately I could enter download mode. See if you can enter download mode on your phone or no.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pramathesh:
For both of you'll, check if you 3 button combo is enabled on your phone or no.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravi4chahal:
Thanks a lot bro! it worked ... you saved my day
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
I really wish that some of our members would bother to read the damn thread before replying.

Flash a new rom using ODIN. That should fix it. In the future, don't use the Galaxy S tool to change the battery icon. Download a compatible one from the forum instead.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pramathesh:
I so agree with you my friend...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reza WM:
fixed it,battery out for 20 min and put it in again and can go to doenload mod
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loinenavant:
Here is a weird solution which worked for me. I don't know if it was a coincidence with the repeated battery-pull procedure:

Take out the battery

Heat the phone with a hair dryer until it becomes warm

Put the battery back and press Vol Down + Home + Power. The phone will enter Downloading mode.